Dave Parker, founder of Trajectory, shares lessons from five startups, two shutdowns, a bankruptcy, and cancer, and how he now helps founders prepare to exit their companies well.

Connie Russell has led Samoset Resort for 27 years through renovations, a pandemic, and the hardest month of his career. This is what it looks like to build a legacy in one place.

Allie Goodrich, Director of Leadership Development at Benny's Car Wash, shares how she built a career pathing system rivaling major hospitality brands, while privately navigating her father's stroke.

Brittany Park started as a barista at Brittain Resorts at 19 and never left. Thirteen years later she leads HR across 30 resorts and is one of the most knowledgeable H-2B advocates in the Southeast.

John Demling, GM of the historic Brown Hotel, shares his path from teenage dishwasher to leading a 100-year-old Louisville landmark, including a nine-day job loss that reshaped his career.

Doug Thomas, Global Account Executive at Conference Direct, shares how COVID ended his hotel sales career, led him to build a fitness business, and brought him back to hospitality as a client advocate.

John Sedej went from Enterprise’s top region to a real estate collapse he paid back without bankruptcy. Now he helps business owners find clarity, freedom, and a business that works for them.

Larry Bowser, GM of the Renaissance Shoals Resort, shares how he left a CFO track to build a $60 million Alabama resort, guided by loss, purpose, and a passion for hospitality.

Tom Szaky dropped out of Princeton to sell worm poop at Walmart. Twenty-five years later he runs TerraCycle across 20 countries and is building the reuse system that could eliminate the idea of waste.